Abstract

A foldable guitar holder has a stationary shaft, a central shaft assembly and two symmetrical brackets. The stationary shaft has an upper end and a lower end. The central shaft has a central shaft and two assistant shafts. The central shaft has a standing portion and a longitudinal hole receiving the lower end of the stationary shaft. The assistant shafts connect pivotally to the central shaft and have two standing ends. The brackets have two supporting shafts and two holding brackets. Each supporting shaft connects pivotally to the lower end of the stationary shaft and one of the assistant shafts and has a standing part. Each holding bracket connects pivotally to the upper end of the stationary bracket. The standing portion, standing ends and standing parts allow the guitar bracket to stand on the ground steadily.

Inventors:	Hsieh; Wu-Hong (Lu Chou, TW)
Assignee:	K. H. S. Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. (Taipei Hsien, TW)
Appl. No.:	11/639,197
Filed:	December 15, 2006

Current U.S. Class:	84/329 ; 84/327; 84/453
Current International Class:	G10D 3/00 (20060101)
Field of Search:	84/327,329,453

References Cited [Referenced By] u.S. Patent Documents

5664756	September 1997	Liao
5957417	September 1999	Yu
6005176	December 1999	Yu
6145801	November 2000	Herring, Jr.
6323406	November 2001	Park
6412742	July 2002	Yu
6484977	November 2002	Yu
2004/0056166	March 2004	Harrison

Primary Examiner: Donels; Jeffrey Assistant Examiner: Uhlir; Christopher Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A foldable guitar holder comprising: a stationary shaft having an upper end; and a lower end; a central shaft assembly mounted perpendicularly on the lower end of the stationary shaft and having a central shaft mounted slidably on the lower end of the stationary shaft and having a body having a distal end; a proximal end; and a longitudinal hole defined through the body and allowing the lower end of the stationary shaft to extend in and move slidably along the longitudinal hole; and a standing portion formed on the proximal end of the body; and two assistant shafts arranged symmetrically, and each assistant shaft mounted pivotally on the distal end of the body of the central shaft and having a body mounted pivotally on the distal end of the body of the central shaft and having a distal end; a proximal end; and a middle part formed between the distal end and the proximal end; and a bending part formed on the proximal end of the body and having a standing end; two brackets corresponding respectively the assistant shafts, arranged symmetrically and having two supporting shafts and each supporting shaft having a connecting part having a proximal end mounted lower than the central shaft and connecting pivotally to the lower end of the stationary shaft; a distal end; and a middle part formed between the proximal end and a distal end and connecting pivotally to the middle part of the body of a corresponding one of the assistant shafts; a standing part adapted to stand on a ground, formed lower than the connecting part, mounted on the distal end of the connecting part and having an end; a supporting part formed perpendicularly on the end of the standing part and having an upper end; and two holding brackets mounted on the supporting shafts and each holding bracket having a proximal end connecting pivotally to the upper end of the stationary shaft; a first bending part supported by the connecting part of a corresponding one of the supporting shafts; a second bending part formed on and supported by the upper end of the supporting part of the corresponding supporting shaft; and a holding part formed between the first and second bending parts.

2. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distal end of the body of the central shaft has a fastening hole defined through the distal end of the body; the distal end of the body of each assistant shaft has a pivoting hole defined through the distal end of the body and corresponding to the fastening hole in the central shaft; the middle part of the body of each assistant shaft having a hole defined through the body of the assistant shaft; the proximal end of the connecting part of each supporting shaft has a limiting hole defined through the proximal end and allowing the lower end of the stationary shaft to extend in to connect pivotally to the supporting shaft; the middle part of the connecting part of each supporting shaft has a connecting hole defined through the connecting part and corresponding to the hole of a corresponding assistant shaft; and the proximal end of each holding bracket further has a through hole defined through the proximal end and connecting pivotally to the upper end of the stationary shaft.

3. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the standing portion of the central shaft has a cushion enveloping the standing portion; the standing end of the bending part of each assistant shaft has a cushion enveloping the standing end; and the standing part of each supporting shaft has a cushion enveloping the standing end.

4. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding brackets have cushions enveloping the holding brackets.

5. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lower end of the stationary shaft has a screw, extends in the longitudinal hole in the central shaft and the limiting holes of the supporting shafts and is screwed with a nut.

6. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the upper end of the stationary shaft has a screw, extends in the through holes in the holding brackets and is screwed with a nut.

7. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein a screw is mounted through the fastening hole of the central shaft and the pivoting holes of the assistant shafts, and a nut is screwed onto the screw; the lower end of the stationary shaft has a screw mounted through the limiting holes of the supporting shafts and screwed with a nut; and a screw is mounted through the hole of each assistant shaft and the connecting hole of the supporting shaft of a corresponding bracket and is screwed with a nut.

8. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the holding brackets have cushions enveloping the holding brackets.

9. The foldable guitar holder as claimed in claim 5, wherein the upper end of the stationary shaft has a screw, extends in the through holes in the holding brackets and is screwed with a nut.